A historical collection of our writing.
And now for something different: just some pragmatic advice. You should run all hands meetings in your company. They are a key bonding and communication opportunity. You can have them until you are quite large – for instance, Twilio, which as gone public, still does them. Here is the key though: […] Read more (opens Continuations in a new tab)
Note: see the 2020 follow-up post here: Thin Applications Here’s one way to think about the differences between the Internet and the Blockchain. The previous generation of shared protocols (TCP/IP, HTTP, SMTP, etc.) produced immeasurable amounts of value, but most of it got captured and […] Read more
I have written repeatedly about why I don’t think “encrypt all things” is the right answer for constructing a democratic society going forward. I am, however, a fan of the idea to “sign all things.” What I mean by this is that ideally all my emails, blog posts, etc. would be automatically digitally […] Read more (opens Continuations in a new tab)
To better support small businesses operating in regulated sectors, we should develop “alternative compliance” mechanisms — parallel regulatory regimes that achieve the goals of existing regulations but take an alternative, data-oriented approach to achieving them. Such an approach would be […] Read more (opens Nick Grossman in a new tab)
My blog Continuations has been on Tumblr since I started writing it a bit over eight years ago. But now I am seriously considering moving away from Tumblr. There have always been limitations, such as difficulty embedding certain types of content, but I generally worked around those. I liked being […] Read more (opens Continuations in a new tab)
